04-05/01/2014 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Gill Fowler, Caoimhin Ardren, Richard Pattison, Andrew "Smiffy" Smith, Antoniya Bachvarova, Sue Bucknell

Day 2

Rich leads up the exposed climb to drop some ropes down...

...while we explore the bottom of a canyon

Canyon formation

Canyon formation

Gill, Smiffy and Toni

A cold Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota)

Rachel at the bottom of the abseil

Smiffy carefully sidles the snake, still curled up on the left

Rachel and Gill

Rich and Rachel racing up the ropes (love that alliteration!). Wonder who's going to get there first!

Toni climbing

Gill nearing the top

Some more scrambling on pagodas

Rachel on the first abseil

Rachel on the second abseil

Rich and Smiffy carefully arranging the rope so that it will actually pull down

Looking down the amazing start to the lower constriction

Rich clearing debris from the top of the abseil (the bright spot is a large boulder)

Rich abseiling the drop

Smiffy on the main abseil

Looking down the canyon

Gill on the abseil

Canyon formation

Smiffy keeping his feet dry

Toni on the final abseil

Canyon formation

Smiffy on the last abseil

Rich and Rachel watching Gill abseil

Smiffy - canyoner with Canyoneers